Elections

Subject

Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Scope Note: https://lccn.loc.gov/sh85041557

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Letter from Pa, 1884-10-13

File — Box 4257.015: [Barcode: 1006214240], Folder: 38

Scope and Contents

Letter from a father working in Petersburg, Kentucky, to his son, telling about his work and the upcoming presidential election. He even mentions that "In view of the importance of the Ohio election our treasurer at Cov[ington] has called on us by Circular to make a contribution in advance - it cleaned me out" and asks his son to send money to pay his board.

Dates: 1884-10-13

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections / Wade Hall Collection on American Life / SOUTHERN REGION

Pickett Springs, Alabama, city records

Collection

Identifier: W-0027

Abstract

Ballots, voting lists, city council minutes, oaths of office, and correspondence related to elections in the town of Pickett Springs, Alabama, and a map of the area.

Dates: 1888 - 1920

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

S. Y. Thomas Letter, 1848 July 11

File — Box 4257.015: [Barcode: 1006214240], Folder: 12

Scope and Contents

Letter from S. Y. Thomas, of Yorkville, Tennessee, to his sister Jane B. Ireland, of Richmond, Virginia, talking mainly about the health of family members, the deaths or sickness of several, and the reports of typhus and smallpox. Thomas states that in the upcoming 1848 presidential election many local Whigs are not pleased with their idate, Zachary Taylor, whereas the local Democrats are, "finely pleased" with [Lewis] Cass and will all vote for him in this election.

Dates: 1848 July 11